diff --git a/lib/legal/NOTICE b/lib/legal/NOTICE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccec51249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/legal/NOTICE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The Plan 9 software is provided under the terms of the
+Lucent Public License, Version 1.02, reproduced in the
+file /lib/legal/lpl, with the following notable exceptions:
+
+1. No right is granted to create derivative works of or
+   to redistribute (other than with the Plan 9 Operating System)
+   the screen imprinter fonts identified in subdirectory
+   /lib/font/bit/lucida and printer fonts (Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida
+   Sans Italic, Lucida Sans Demibold, Lucida Typewriter, Lucida Sans
+   Typewriter83), identified in subdirectory /sys/lib/postscript/font.
+   These directories contain material copyrights by B&H Inc. and Y&Y Inc.
+
+2. The printer fonts identified in subdirectory /sys/lib/ghostscript/font
+   are subject to the GNU GPL, reproduced in the file /lib/legal/gpl.
+
+3. The ghostscript program in the subdirectory /sys/src/cmd/gs is
+   covered by the Aladdin Free Public License, reproduced in the file
+   /lib/legal/afpl.
+
+Other, less notable exceptions are marked in the file tree with
+COPYING, COPYRIGHT, or LICENSE files.
diff --git a/lib/legal/gpl b/lib/legal/gpl
index 57f7a42e9..f6f35c8f3 100644
--- a/lib/legal/gpl
+++ b/lib/legal/gpl
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-!! This license applies only to the printer fonts identified in
-!! subdirectory /sys/lib/ghostscript/font.
-
-===================================================================
 GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
 
 Version 2, June 1991
diff --git a/lib/legal/lpl b/lib/legal/lpl
index 0cf6c5307..a44182183 100644
--- a/lib/legal/lpl
+++ b/lib/legal/lpl
@@ -1,27 +1,3 @@
-The Plan 9 software is provided under the terms of the
-Lucent Public License, Version 1.02, reproduced below,
-with the following notable exceptions:
-
-1. No right is granted to create derivative works of or
-   to redistribute (other than with the Plan 9 Operating System)
-   the screen imprinter fonts identified in subdirectory
-   /lib/font/bit/lucida and printer fonts (Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida
-   Sans Italic, Lucida Sans Demibold, Lucida Typewriter, Lucida Sans
-   Typewriter83), identified in subdirectory /sys/lib/postscript/font.
-   These directories contain material copyrights by B&H Inc. and Y&Y Inc.
-
-2. The printer fonts identified in subdirectory /sys/lib/ghostscript/font
-   are subject to the GNU GPL, reproduced in the file /lib/legal/gpl.
-
-3. The ghostscript program in the subdirectory /sys/src/cmd/gs is
-   covered by the Aladdin Free Public License, reproduced in the file
-   /lib/legal/afpl.
-
-Other, less notable exceptions are marked in the file tree with
-COPYING, COPYRIGHT, or LICENSE files.
-
-===================================================================
-
 Lucent Public License Version 1.02
 
 THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS PUBLIC